The Russellville Police Department responded to a call Monday morning around 8:17 a.m. in reference to a person threatening police and other people.

The suspect, Devon Marquardson, 23, told Pope County dispatchers he was going to “kill people” and that he would “kill a cop.”

Officers arrived at the suspect’s home where they were unable to make contact with him. The officers checked the surrounding area and located the suspect on a cell phone at the intersection of South Jackson and East Fourth Street.

Police said Marquardson was very agitated and did not cooperate with officers on the scene. The suspect then began to yell at the officers before allegedly attempting to hit an officer. After a brief struggle, officers subdued Marquardson with a stun gun and arrested him.

Marquardson was transported to the Pope County Detention Center and held on suspicion of second-degree battery, first-degree terroristic threatening, attempting to influence a public officer, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.

Several of the officers involved in the struggle reported minor injuries and received treatment at the scene of the incident.